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April 19, 2010

G13: Rays 8, Red Sox 2

Lackey (3.1-9-8-1-3, 79) allowed 10 of his 19 batters to reach base, and eight of them scored.

The Red Sox had no chance in this one, though they did get at least one runner to second base in three of the first four innings. Jeremy Hermida hit a two-run home run to right, following Bill Hall's single (his first hit of the season), but because the baserunner was on first, Boston's hitless streak with runners in scoring position remains alive: 0 for their last 32.

Red Sox radio made a huge deal of the fact that this was the first time the Rays have ever swept a four-game series at Fenway Park. Of course, the Rays have played only 12 full seasons (so our dog Cody is older than the Rays franchise!).

A quick run through B-Ref gives me these as the only four-game series Tampa Bay has played in Boston:

Great quotes, JGF. My dog is currently lying on our bed with his cat Smokey wrapped around her belly. Nothing makes me smile more than seeing a happy dog and a happy cat. (Though a Sox victory would add to that smile....)

Bits: Rays for 9-for-9 in SB in the series. Opponents are 22-of-23 this season. Drew has one hit in his last 20 at-bats while striking out 11 times. Hermida is 1 for his last 15 with 7 K, dropping average from .357 to .207.

Let's do something crazy and score more than one or two runs and win the game. It might be fun!

dave and joe noting the players all annoyed at hp ump, including pedoria, but the pitches to fy were nice strikes. you'd think the radio guys would note that rather than just saying players are griping.

It's a confluence of shitty starting pitching, shitty relief pitching, and shitty batting, seasoned with the occasional shitty fielding. Surely it can't stay that way forever, but it's managed for a while now.

Students never like to hear us complain about grading. And non-teachers never like it either, usually reminding us how easy our jobs are (arrggh). But I am not even complaining today. Grading was a good distraction from this fucking game!

I don't complain about money. I love my job and know I could have earned more practicing law. It was my choice to earn less and have a lifestyle and job I could enjoy.

These folks are academics, and definitely wanted to teach. Practicing law or some other profession never came up. But they complain allll summer about being broke. While I am working all summer, because I don't have the luxury of not working.

Well let's face it, I just hate complaining. I complain about it all the time. :/

thanks for the pitcher of Cody the dog, the only thing worth getting excited about these days. Sox seem to have struggled against the Rays for a few years now. It feels like a long season right now. Glad Pedroia is doing well.. almost the only one worth watching for.